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Climate change on a local level

Ecologist Amy Seidl’s new book, Early Spring: An Ecologist and Her Children Wake to a Warming World tackles climate change on a local level.  Also, Burlington Free Press reporter Candy Page talks about efforts to convert food waste into energy.
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Rep. Peter Welch on Climate Change

Congressman Peter Welch wants your ideas on how to tackle climate change through legislation. And on the next Vermont Edition, he joins us in the studio. Also, VPR’s Bob Kinzel discusses budget issues in Montpelier, and we visit a homeless shelter in Brattleboro.

NY Times reporter to speak about climate change at UVM

Andrew Revkin brings a sobering message about climate change when he visits the University of Vermont tonight. Revkin is a science reporter for the New York Times and has been delving into the global warming challenge in a recent series, with a focus on climate change skeptics and their efforts to fight regulations that would limit carbon dioxide emissions.